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* First: the word "ta'ir" (Arabic: {{iarabic|طائر}}) has its root in the word "tayr" (Arabic: {{iarabic|طیر}}) which means bird. Arabs used to fly a bird in order to know whether what they sought to do was good or bad. Later the good and bad actions themselves came to be called "ta'ir". | * First: the word "ta'ir" (Arabic: {{iarabic|طائر}}) has its root in the word "tayr" (Arabic: {{iarabic|طیر}}) which means bird. Arabs used to fly a bird in order to know whether what they sought to do was good or bad. Later the good and bad actions themselves came to be called "ta'ir". | ||
* Second: according to Abu 'Ubayda, by "ta'ir" Arabs meant fortune. In the verse immediately after the above verse, we read that the same "ta'ir" displays the book of people's actions to them on the [[Day of | * Second: according to Abu 'Ubayda, by "ta'ir" Arabs meant fortune. In the verse immediately after the above verse, we read that the same "ta'ir" displays the book of people's actions to them on the [[Day of Judgment]]. According to some hadiths, this stage of the resurrection is called "tatayur al-kutub" or "tatayur al-suhuf". According to a hadith narrated from the [[Prophet (s)]] by [[Aisha]], there are three stages of the resurrection in which one does not know or remember anyone: mizan (the measurement of one's good and bad actions), tatayur al-kutub or tatayur al-suhuf, and [[sirat]] (the bridge that everyone should pass in the resurrection). | ||
According to a hadith from [[Imam al-Baqir (a)]], "ta'ir" refers to the good and the evil that always accompany one until the Day of | According to a hadith from [[Imam al-Baqir (a)]], "ta'ir" refers to the good and the evil that always accompany one until the Day of Judgment when the book of one's actions is given to him or her. | ||
Therefore, divine agents ([[angel]]s) record one's actions—good and bad—in this world, and they open the record—the book—to the person after the resurrection, at the stage of tatayur al-kutub. | Therefore, divine agents ([[angel]]s) record one's actions—good and bad—in this world, and they open the record—the book—to the person after the resurrection, at the stage of tatayur al-kutub. | ||